Quotes from Ann Landers

Some people believe that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go — and then do it.

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life. . . . Look it squarely in the eye, and say, I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Make somebody happy today. Mind your own business.

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.

One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equal partnership.

Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

This may sound terribly selfish, but I love the freedom I have. I don't have to worry about a man's wardrobe, or his relatives, or his schedule, or his menu, or his allergies. I would not be married again.

Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.

Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.